Financial and Commerce Case Studies

directEDGAR employs dtSearch Engine custom developer AppsPlus to leverage the dtSearch Engine SDK to expand granular search filtering and data extraction across terabytes of SEC EDGAR data.

directEDGAR end-users wanted the ability not only to search across the full-text data, but also to filter the data in dozens of different ways in accordance with specific financial industry, corporate governance, academic and other research requirements. Additionally, end-users wanted the ability to extract specific items such as executive compensation tables from the larger dataset. directEDGAR turned to AppsPlus, an experienced dtSearch Engine developer specializing in data-intensive projects, to implement these new features. “dtSearch continues to get it just right in adding new features and improving performance. We were able to streamline the new development for directEDGAR by virtue of dtSearch’s intuitive objects, methods and properties.” Learn More From Price of Business interview involving directEDGAR product: Our users "are getting data faster than they can get from any other source." "Because of our use of dtSearch's platform, we have this very rare ability to narrow a search to a large selection of relevant companies very instantly."

NewsLink adds dtSearch.

Densan Consultants developed NewsLink to meet their clients’ demands for a flexible, cost-effective electronic media monitoring tool. Clients subscribe to as many information providers as they wish; NewsLink then provides filters and procedures to integrate the content into a comprehensive Web-based system. dtSearch “performance, service and functionality are much better than with anything else we’ve seen ... Keep up the good work!” Learn More

ISO — now part of Verisk — adds dtSearch to engineering and safety application.

Verisk ISO is the leading supplier of statistical, actuarial, and underwriting information for and about the property and casualty insurance industry. “We switched over to dtSearch, because it had an easier development environment and better navigation functionality ... dtSearch also had a more Web-oriented product ... dtSearch got the highest marks from our systems engineering folks that I’ve ever heard of.” Learn More

ARGUS DATA INSIGHTS® embeds dtSearch in premium media monitoring solutions.

Headquartered in central Europe, ARGUS DATA INSIGHTS has more than 125 years of experience in the media and communications sector. Today, the company offers solutions for active media and public relations, media analysis and media monitoring – worldwide and across all channels. A team of around 660 employees in Germany, Switzerland, France and Spain provides clients with advice and assistance. The combination of digital and human expertise is what gives the company’s clients an edge in turning media insights into actionable data. “dtSearch is extremely fast” for media monitoring on our custom application. “We can scan millions of text articles a day without causing any disturbance in the workflow.” “I’m absolutely happy with dtSearch, nothing to add.” “dtSearch is very low-maintenance and reliable.” Learn More

Online research library embeds dtSearch for Bank of America.

Now the KPMG Nunwood Excellence Centre ("Nunwood"), Nunwood operates worldwide providing strategic planning and customer insights for multinational and global brands. Bank of America commissioned Nunwood to develop an online research library to improve the communication of key insights and guide business strategy from within. “The Bank of America project required ultra-fast searching ... dtSearch has now become our number one search indexing solution for a multitude of global clients.” Learn More

Syneton’s Admin-DMS enlists dtSearch for accounting firm document management.

For accounting firms, Syneton offers Admin-DMS for efficient document management. “With our document management system Admin-DMS, you can manage your (electronic) documents more efficiently.” Features include document modification tracking, security and “anywhere” access. “With the dtSearch Engine, we were able to offer that instant searching that saves our end-users so much time. Our accounting clients can now immediately find all of their relevant documents.” Learn More

Voyager recruitment software journeys to dtSearch.

With headquarters in the UK, and offices in Australia, Voyager products are in use by thousands of users in a variety of different-sized recruitment businesses. For easy deployment, Voyager products are integrated with a modular architecture arranged along familiar functional boundaries — those that address the front office, and those that add power and automation to the middle and back-office. Voyager further ensures that each deployment is tailored to the specific recruitment needs of each organization. “We chose the dtSearch Engine for its speed, reliability, and well-written SDK. We researched many independent reviews from both users and developers and dtSearch was a clear winner.” Learn More

Comax adds dtSearch to comprehensive digital archive solution for accountants and other sectors working with vast administrative processes.

Comax is a Belgian software company that helps companies optimize and simplify administrative processes. A hybrid, comprehensive document management system, Comax DMS operates as a structured digital archive in the Windows environment covering both documents and e-mails. Comax DMS works in line with the existing Windows folder structure and conveniently integrates with the various components of Microsoft Office. “The dtSearch Engine provides extensive search options that facilitate very rapid and efficient full-text searching. With dtSearch, our customers can always find crucial information instantly.”

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Comax ajoute dtSearch à sa solution complète d'archivage numérique.

La majorité des clients de Comax sont des cabinets d'expertise comptable, mais aussi des divers secteurs qui doivent gérer de vastes processus administratifs. Système de gestion documentaire hybride et complet, Comax DMS fonctionne comme une archive numérique structurée dans l'environnement Windows, couvrant à la fois les documents et les e-mails. Comax DMS s'adapte à la structure de dossiers existante de Windows et s'intègre aisément aux différents composants de Microsoft Office. "Le moteur dtSearch offre des options de recherche étendues qui facilitent une recherche plein texte très rapide et efficace. Avec dtSearch, nos clients peuvent toujours trouver instantanément des informations cruciales."

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IChannel DM chooses dtSearch for use in its comprehensive digital document management solution for public accounting practices.

Developed by accountants for accountants, IRIS IChannel DM provides all the functionalities of a top-tier document management system. IChannel DM utilizes PDF technology to scan and import documents, while also managing files originating from popular software applications used by accountants, all in an easy-to-use platform with multiple security options. “IChannel chose dtSearch because of its effectiveness in indexing and searching.” dtSearch’s “support for a PDF library greater than a terabyte further highlights its flexibility.” Learn More

Doc-It Document Management System (Doc-It DM) for accountants adds in dtSearch.

Doc-It DM by IRIS is a complete digital document management solution for public accounting practices from 5 to 500 users. Doc-It DM includes software, training and implementation methodology developed by accountants for accountants. “We found that dtSearch did the best job in indexing and searching PDF files which is critical to our solution.” With “dtSearch it is now possible to have a single document repository of over a terabyte.” Learn More

Contegra Systems helps ITContract.com build talent marketplace with customizable search backed by dtSearch.

From Processor Magazine : “ITContract.com is a specialist employment solutions website designed to make job hunt and talent sourcing in the IT sector faster and smarter.” “Contegra Systems is a full-service Web development company dedicated to building top-notch Web-based solutions.” “Faceted Search Applied ... ITContract.com was launching a new marketplace for IT talent with a database of both jobs and résumés that users could upload in a variety of formats.” “‘dtSearch has an excellent search engine, and under the hood all of the code is there to enable that to happen.’” “Plus, dtSearch is reliable. ‘We continue to have customers that run their business on the product, and their servers don’t get rebooted for years. They just run.’” Learn More From EContent Magazine (print edition): "A look at ITContract.com's Advanced Job Search page shows just how faceted Contegra Systems--and dtSearch--allows it to be. Users can search jobs by locations and position types, and they can filter details such as required travel time and interviews that can be done solely by phone."

Texas Worker site uses dtSearch UK's WordPress plugin to search Texas Workers Compensation legal research, tools and resources.

dtSearch UK provides a fully managed hosted dtSearch Engine SaaS installation to power its WordPress site search plugin. (No programming required.) dtSearch UK write-up of Texas Worker site; Learn More about dtSearch UK's add-on products

NETRECRUITER features dtSearch in “Top 10 Tools” for recruitment industry.

Dedicated to the recruitment and placement of information technology, business, and service professionals, NETRECRUITER has the ability and experience to locate top-caliber candidates for placement with hundreds of client companies. In addition to candidate sourcing, NETRECRUITER offers seminars and training, Internet recruiting and consulting services. NETRECRUITER’s site has dtSearch in its “Top 10 Tools” list: “Incredibly robust ... I personally maintain my own ‘database’ of over one million resumes ... The features of dtSearch are mind blowing.” Learn More

North Carolina Banking Commission relaunches Web site to include dtSearch.

According to Federal Computer Week, North Carolina-chartered banks have assets well over $100 billlion. The North Carolina Banking Commission relaunched its Web site to, among other things, add Microsoft CMS and dtSearch. “ The site redesign is intended to make it easier for visitors to access regulatory information, news and forms ... Additions include search technology from dtSearch that lets users search across the entire portal for information. ”

Online Advertising Playbook writer relies on dtSearch.

The Online Advertising Playbook: Tested Tactics and Proven Strategies from the Advertising Research Foundation is a comprehensive guide to the world’s most important advertising medium. The book provides effectiveness metrics, creative principles for online advertising, and much more. “I couldn’t have written the book without dtSearch.” “dtSearch ... was invaluable.” Learn More

AppsPlus embeds dtSearch in IRS search site.

AppsPlus’ clients for software development include industries ranging from the government, insurance, banking, medical analysis — even projects for Microsoft. AppsPlus’ client wanted to create a web site that could be used to search the IRS web site and other relevant sites, combining full-text search with additional knowledge of the tax code and the layout of the IRS web site. “Once again the dtSearch Engine comes through ... Fairly quickly we had the website up and running using ASP.NET and C# ... In fact, using the dtSearch Engine Spider APIs, I found it could perform a phenomenal amount of work with minimal programming.” Learn More

Web-based multi-city guide embeds dtSearch.

“The dtSearch Engine provided enough flexibility to work in the complex environment of our Web Server farm ... The dtSearch Engine interfaces were straight-forward and easy to work with. Their native support for XML made indexing simple and efficient.” Finally, ”dtSearch technical staff ... were there when we needed them.” Learn More

Contegra adds dtSearch to housing Web site.

The Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB) promotes self-help housing and community building in low-income neighborhoods and supports the nation’s largest network of resident-controlled, limited-equity housing co-operatives in New York City. UHAB works with more than 1,000 buildings in the city, the tenant leaders of which have widely varying levels of experience. “We chose the dtSearch Engine because of its features and functionality. dtSearch integrated very well with our taxonomy and online navigation.” Learn More

dtSearch included in ABSW Science & Technology Journalism Summer School presentation.

dtSearch would like to thank @williamrt, Investigations Editor, Computer Weekly, for including dtSearch in the presentation. An @absw tweet describes dtSearch as follows. "Software for managing large numbers of documents: dtSearch ... can index terabytes of data documents."

Enbase Apps employs dtSearch across Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) database.

Headquartered in the UK, Enbase Apps maintains a huge database of groceries and other FMCGs found in supermarkets worldwide. "Enbase Apps chose the dtSearch Engine for Windows and developed a Java Servlet to provide a RESTful interface to their search page in Joomla." Enbase Apps recently migrated its servers (including the dtSearch Engine) to Amazon Web Services (AWS). "After running for some time on in-house live, test and failover servers, it was decided to migrate to Amazon's EC2 service. This was successfully achieved with minimal changes to the search servlet, in addition Amazon's S3 storage and CloudFront service were used to create a Content Delivery Network (CDN)." Learn More

From KMWorld “Search Technology: A Spectrum of Options”:

In "e-commerce websites ... a user needs to access information about a product during the transaction. 'A customer gets pricing and product data such as item numbers from the website, but also may want to look at technical documentation or reviews, which is unstructured ... 'dtSearch readily integrates these into a search interface.'" "To tune relevancy, dtSearch can, for example, rank a certain word higher if it appears in a particular field and lower it in another one.”

“dtSearch [provides] fast indexing, searching, and retrieving from millions of text files ... M3 marketers can embed dtSearch's instant searching.” — Machine-to-Machine Marketing (M3) ( available at Amazon.com)

“As a writer, I found this program indispensable from the moment I got it, and vastly superior to the Windows alternative. I use dtSearch daily, and it helps me work much more efficiently. It is truly wonderful software.” —Author, The Sound Bite Society: How Television Helps the Right and Hurts the Left

dtSearch “is nothing short of brilliant ... Many thanks for an outstanding product.” — European Head of Security and Investigations at a major financial institution

“dtSearch is such a superior product that it has no equal. Yet you continue to find ways to improve it! Kudos to your company and development team.” — “Big 4” Accounting Firm user

“Customer service has been superb. Thanks for a great product.” —Investment Banking User

“Search terabytes of text in a second or less.” dtSearch offers “incredibly fast index searches ... and can even adjust fuzzy operatives to varying levels of intensity.” —Strategic Finance

“Wow - this is an AMAZING product.... [C]ongratulations to you and your team for coming up with a terrific product. I’m a professional journalist and I’ve got nearly 15 years of work on my laptop’s hard drive .... I put your program through some of my toughest tests for finding obscure documents and information, and was really astonished at how fast and accurate it was. ” —Journalist